Track Listing

CD 1 (75:15)

EUGENIA MANTELLI (1860–1926)
U. S. Zonophone Recordings,1905–1907

1. LA CENERENTOLA: Nacqui all’affanno (Rossini) 2:49
  (I 6553) 12614  
2. LA CENERENTOLA: Non più mesta (Rossini) 2:26
  (I 6554) 12615  
3. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini) 2:58
  (I 6010) 12592/Transposed down a full tone to E-flat  
4. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Dunque io son (Rossini) 2:58
  with Taurino Parvis, baritone
(I 6015) 12575		  
5. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti) 2:46
  (I 5929) 12587/Transposed down a semi-tone to B  
6. LA FAVORITE: O mio Fernando (Donizetti) 3:00
  (I 5972) 12591  
7. LA FAVORITE: Ah, l'alto ardor (Donizetti) 2:43
  with Taurino Parvis, baritone
(I 5995) 12572		  
8. DON GIOVANNI: La ci darem la mano (Mozart) 3:03
  with Taurino Parvis, baritone
(I 6013) 12573		  
9. LES HUGUENOTS: Canzone paggio (Vaga donna…) (Meyerbeer) 3:04
  (I 5971) 12590  
10. LES HUGUENOTS: No, no giammai di giovin paggio (Meyerbeer) 2:55
  (I 6526x) unpublished  
11. MIGNON: Leggiadre rondinelle (Thomas) 2:44
  with Taurino Parvis, baritone
(I 6014) 12574		  
12. MIGNON: Io conosco un garzoncel [Styrienne] (Thomas) 3:44
  (I 6525) 12622  
13. FAUST: Le parlate d’Amor (Gounod) 3:09
  (I 6495) 12617/Transposed down a full tone to B-flat  
14. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle [Stéphano’s Aria] (Gounod) 3:34
  (F 6522) unpublished  
15. CARMEN: Habanera (Bizet) 2:44
  (F 5973) 11009  
16. CARMEN: Séguedille (Bizet) 2:49
  (F 6009) 11012  
17. CARMEN: Chanson bohème (Bizet) 2:13
  (I 6551) 12616  
18. IL TROVATORE: Stride la vampa (Verdi) 2:34
  (I 6011) 12593  
19. LA GIOCONDA: Voce di donna (Ponchielli) 3:10
  (I 5922) 12586  
20. Pur dicesti (Lotti) 3:22
  (I 5931?) 12588  
21. Dopo (Tosti) 3:14
  (I 6494) 12620  
22. Good-bye (Tosti) 2:34
  (E 6498) 12621  
23. Serenata (Braga) 4:16
  (I 6556) 12613  
24. Ave Maria, Adaptation from Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) 3:12
  (I 6492) 12618  
25. Sans Toi (d’Hardelot) 3:03
  (F 5977) 11010  

 

CD 2 (78:58)

EUGENIA MANTELLI (continued)

1. Der Asra (Rubinstein) 3:00
  (G 6499) 12619  
2. Los ojos negros (Alvarez) 3:46
  (S 6529) 13273  
3. EL BARBERO DE SEVILLA: Me llaman la primorosa (Nieto & Giménez) 3:48
  (S 6555) 13273/Transposed down a full tone to G  

MARIANNE BRANDT (1842–1921)
Artistikal/Complete Pathé Recordings [Vienna, 11 September 1905]

4. LE PROPHÈTE: Ach, mein Sohn (Meyerbeer) 2:21
  (19260) 19260  
5. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Trinklied (Donizetti) 1:57
  (19261) 19261  
6. Frühlingsnacht, op. 39 no. 12 (Schumann) 1:37
  (19259) 19259  

GUERRINA FABBRI (1866–1946)
Gramophone and Typewriter Company [Milan, 1903]

With Salvatore Cottone, piano
7. I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI: Ascolta…Se Romeo t’uccise (Bellini) 2:57
  (Con160R) 53318/Transposed down a full tone to F  
8. GIULIETTA E ROMEO: Ah, se tu dormi* (Vaccaj) 2:27
  (Con164R) 53321  
9. LUCREZIA BORGIA: Brindisi (Donizetti) 2:18
  (Con166) 53322  
10. L’ITALIANA IN ALGERI: Rondo (Rossini) 3:18
  (Con552) 053007  
11. I CAPULETI ED I MONTECCHI: Ascolta…Se Romeo t’uccise (Bellini) 3:03
  (Con553R) 053009/Transposed down a full tone to F  
12. LE PROPHÈTE: Figlio mio (Meyerbeer) 3:20
  (Con558R) 053041/Transposed down a semi-tone to F minor  
13. SEMIRAMIDE: Cavatina d’Arsace (Rossini) 4:02
  (Con566R) 053006  
14. IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA: Una voce poco fa (Rossini) 3:33
  (Con579R) 053015/Transposed down a semi-tone to E  

RITA FORNIA (1878–1922)
Complete Victor Recordings

15. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod) 3:17
  7 March1910; (C-8659-4) published only on AGSB 61  
16. FAUST: Faites-lui mes aveux (Gounod) 2:55
  23 December 1910; (B-8659-1) 64162  
17. ROMÉO ET JULIETTE: Que fais-tu, blanche tourterelle [Stéphano’s Aria] (Gounod) 4:08
  23 December 1910 (C-9738-1) 74211  
18. MADAMA BUTTERFLY: Lo so che alle sue pene (Puccini) 2:12
  with Riccardo Martin, tenor and Antonio Scotti, baritone
7 March 1910 (B-8704-2) 87503		  
19. Mazurka, op. 33 no. 2 (Aime-moi) (Chopin; Arr. Viardot-Garcia) 2:16
  with Rosario Bourdon, piano
6 June 1912 (B-12078-1) 64284		  
20. Chanson de Florian (Ah, s’il est dans votre village) (Godard) 2:25
  21 November 1911 (B-11287-1) 64244  
21. Tes doux baisers “Madrigal” (Chaminade; Van Ormelingen) 1:55
  with Rosario Bourdon, piano
6 June 1912 (B-12079-2) 64288		  
22. Das Zauberlied (Meyer-Helmund) 2:47
  with Rosario Bourdon, piano
6 June 1912 (B-12077-1) 64283		  
23. Dein gedenk’ ich, Margaretha, op. 12 no. 2 (Meyer-Helmund) 2:56
  7 June 1912 (B-12076-2) 64290  
24. Frühlingslied, op. 31 no. 2 (Becker) 2:38
  7 June 1912 (B-12075-1) assigned 64287, not released  
25. Frülingszeit, op. 3 (Becker) 2:59
  7 June 1912 (B-12083-1) 64299  
26. Allerseelen, op. 85 no. 3 (Lassen) 2:26
  7 June 1912 (B-12073-2) 64289  
27. Der Spielmann “Du mit diener Fiedel”, op. 15 no. 1 (Hildach) 4:25
  with Howard Rattay, violin
5 June 1912 (C-12074-1) 74227		  

*Vaccaj’s aria appears as an appendix to the score of Bellini’s opera I Capuleti ed i Montecchi in the old Ricordi edition.

CD 1:
Accompaniment: Tracks [1-2, 10, 12-14, 17, 21-24] accompanied by orchestra; Tracks [3-9, 11, 15-16, 18-20, 25] accompanied by piano
Languages: Italian [1-13, 18-21, 23]; French [14-17, 25]; English [22 and 24]

CD 2:
Accompaniment: Tracks [1-3, 15-18, 20, 23-26] accompanied by orchestra; Tracks [4-14, 19, 21-22] accompanied by piano; Track [27] accompanied by orchestra and violin
Languages: German [1, 4-6, 22-27]; Italian [7-14, 18]; Spanish [2-3]; French [15-17, 19-21]

 

Producer: Michael Aspinall

Audio Conservation: Ward Marston

Audio Assistance: J. Richard Harris

Photographs: Girvice Archer, Charles Mintzer, and Peter van der Waal

Booklet Design: Takeshi Takahashi

Marston would like to thank Ramona Fasio, Charles Mintzer, and Robert Tuggle for their help in the production of this CD release.

Marston would like to extend special thanks to Lawrence F. Holdridge and the estate of John Stratton, under the guidance of its Trustee, Stephen Clarke, for providing the unpublished Mantelli recordings.

Selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of the Estate of Sir Paul Getty, in the collection of Harry Glaze, and in the collection of Lawrence F. Holdridge.

The following selections are re-recorded from copies in the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Laurence C. Witten II in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University Library:
CD 1: Tracks [3-5, 11-12, 15-17, 20, 24-25]; CD 2: Tracks [1-8, 10-12]